Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17
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There is no cafnsay1ng the genuine
! ness OF the Repuhaieanlsm OF Chautau-
qua County. Perhaps. on that very
| account. it seems destined TO occupy
conspicuous place IN certain political
| crises. It PLAYED a prominent part in
| the memorable Senatorial struggle of
| 1881. and decided the contest which was
lately brought 20 a close. The deser-
| ton of its 5Eo AssemblymeE from the
!, Miller phaIaax 70 the Mortoa-Hiscock
! ..combine,' enabled the millionaire
banker TO gFstify his revenge sn the
Herkimer statesman fer his defeat two
years ago, and si4e Journal TO get even
{ with aim for knocking out another
/ millionaire banker IN the Saratoga
convention in 1855. Messrs. Frost AID
Horton, the Asse-2l]aIvrsen in questions
/ represent constituencies that strongly
I favored the re-ele zion os Senator Mil
/. Ter The jamestown .J0gs~zltIf, the lead
/ ing Republican organ OF Chautauqua
2 County. voices the s-entimef8ts Of those
: consJi 1lencies in tke following sharp.
: unmlstakabIe language:
Chautsaqua' ; represeu sarlves ses desptsed
by gTe3s many Tor the ASTON the-T took Even
Morton ard Eiscoek suppEF1e while IheY pat
ted MessrS- Frost and Hor-On T1e back.
cretiy thought less of them for de-ertzng the
% w:Hm they had pIe,;ged the.z- support.
and ChaUtaGqua County Las not canned any
thing II coed repute by ayr.course 3zrsued-
Why a1ey voted as theF did the -'1ttEe1Gt
does not prerend 20 say. The TTere Mailer men
and they voted FIR Ei=c0piS- tT71erelceS eal
drawn tssuit individual views HisciFrost
and Horton held firm TO their Tomjse, Senator
Miller would have been renom mated. and hey
were told this Had they proved truea the
wishes OF their- constituents wCsfd have eueen
fulfilled Il must be remembered both
pledged themselves 20 Senator Miller. and lien
voted for Mr. Hscock- 3ri Frost WIS
almost object Of pity or Of seorn- IEEe-
clsive. weak anu faltering. his voice tremb4SU
time after lime he voted for ;1iIer know
ing that II would De his rTeachery that wousI
nominate M Hiscock The less SAID
ahrdt this matter the better for the party The
Journal believessEnat Frost and HORIZON baseiET
betrayed their constituents. but their reasons
for the change can only be imagined.
This is very unpleasant for the Chau-
tauGua Assemblymen. and adds new
interest to the.peculiar tactics resorted
to BY the combine TO defeat Warner
Miller. Mr.. Frost and Mr.. TAYLOR. of
Chenango, signed the iron-clad pledge
to support Mr.. Miller Mr.. Horton.
although personally in favor Of Mr.. !
Morton. declared f0rth Herkimer can
didate when the wishes of his constitu-
ents were explained 70 him The con-
Stituents of all three men are now try
ing TO imagine the reasons for their re-
markable change If base at the most
SrY-f-rral Tho i
gaining ground throughout the State
that the combine was not such a
brilliant piece Of strategy as it was rep
resented ut first. and that. instead of
harmonizing fractional differences. it
has aggravated them to an extent
which bodies Ill for the party in the fall.
The prospects for Morton men repre-
sentinr Miller districts are not encour-
aging. Constituencies are not apt 60
let pass with impunity such iarrant
disobedience Of their declared wishes
on the part of their representatives at
Albany.
The ''scrambhnga bOurthe corridors
was not without effect. It is not agree
able reading for Republicans in the Mil
Ter districts that their Senators and As
semblymen were delivered. like so
much merchandise, 20 the man who
had the lowest number Of votes. by the
'.scrambling'' candidate. Since ex-
Alderman Duf.y's graphic description
OF the meetings that eliminated in the
Broadway railroad steal, there has
been no example OF combine so
bold in its operations and so defined in
its opposition to public sentiment as
that there effected. When. as ex-
Senator Macarthur pithily expresses
it. Mr.. Morton delivered the goods
he could not deliver the districts from
which the goods came at the same
time. The combine may find that
out at the next election. -Senator
Warner Miller is not likely 20 permit
himself to be cIriselIed out of what was
his due by any ''serambling about the
corridors without striking back
Albany 4rgaS.